George Plimpton Has Risen from His Grave

The dregs of Atari has bought out the remains of Intellivision, the seventh seal is broken, and chaos has descended upon a burning world.

May 24, 2024 · 3 min · 454 words · Tipa

Retro Game Haul: March 30, 2024

I have way too many games to ever play, but still I can’t help it. Today’s haul: Othello (NES), Spinball (Vectrex), Colossal Cave Adventure (PS5), Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (GBA). Read on for more details…

March 30, 2024 · 5 min · 1025 words · Tipa

The Atari 400 Mini. Is it worth the nostalgia?

Betteridge’s law of headlines is in play here, but… The Atari 800, the 400’s big brother, was my first personal computer, and I have a lot of fond memories teaching myself to program on it.

March 30, 2024 · 5 min · 872 words · Tipa

The Resurrection of the Atari 2600

No, this isn’t about the previous resurrection of the Atari 2600. Nor the previous one. Not that other one either. This is new.

August 23, 2023 · 4 min · 712 words · Tipa

How Much is that Star Trek NFT in the Window?

You aren’t going to enjoy the RECUR/Paramount.xyz experience – and you won’t be able to afford it, either. I went through the process to make a Star Trek NFT profile picture, one recognized by Twitter, and I did it for a fraction of the price and I got exactly what I wanted. Here’s how you can do the same. There may be some folks out there who haven’t yet heard about the Star Trek NFTs, so briefly: ...

April 8, 2022 · 8 min · 1608 words · Tipa

I'm just here to bring joy and melt your brain.

Not necessarily in that order. I have a lot to talk about and I just have to put it down in the blog, and I guarantee both joy and brain melting. I’ll talk about the NFT and crypto stuff later. I know I promised I was done with it, but the world isn’t done with it so… here we are but who cares about that because FREE REALMS? IS COMING BACK??? FR Sunrise log in page ...

November 18, 2021 · 10 min · 1943 words · Tipa

Hodgepodge: Games, Crypto and NFTs.

I don’t have anything long-form to talk about, but there’s been a bunch of smaller things. So let’s talk about those. Crypto I’ve been in crypto for a month. I have even made some money – not much, but some. Theoretically, I could take the money I have put in and convert it back to dollars, and after all the fees have been paid, have enough profit that I could buy myself a lunch, someplace cheap. ...

November 10, 2021 · 6 min · 1263 words · Tipa